diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
index 5b2f8a4..0c00951 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
               <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server</workingDirectory>
               <arguments>
                 <argument>-port</argument>
-                <argument>4443</argument>
+                <argument>24443</argument>
                 <argument>-scheme</argument>
                 <argument>http</argument>
                 <argument>-host</argument>
@@ -422,36 +422,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
-        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.13.4</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <nodeVersion>v14.15.4</nodeVersion>
-          <npmVersion>6.14.11</npmVersion>
-          <workingDirectory>target/npm</workingDirectory>
-          <installDirectory>target/npm</installDirectory>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>install node and yarn</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>${azurite.npm.install.stage}</phase>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>azurite blob</id>
-            <phase>${azurite.install.stage}</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>npm</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <arguments>install azurite</arguments>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -619,7 +589,7 @@
                                 <goal>npm</goal>
                             </goals>
                             <configuration>
-                                <arguments>install azurite</arguments>
+                                <arguments>install azurite@3.31.0</arguments>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
                     </executions>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java
index c532d9d..6ac4a5d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageGCSTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     private static final String CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf";
     private static final String DELTA_RESULT_PATH = "results_cloud";
     private static final String EXCLUDED_TESTS = "MP";
-    public static final String MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME = "http://127.0.0.1:4443";
+    public static final String MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME = "http://127.0.0.1:24443";
     private static final String MOCK_SERVER_PROJECT_ID = "asterixdb-gcs-test-project-id";
 
     public CloudStorageGCSTest(TestCaseContext tcCtx) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf
index 0046644..518cc71 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc-cloud-storage-gcs.conf
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 cloud.storage.scheme=gs
 cloud.storage.bucket=cloud-storage-container
 cloud.storage.region=us-west2
-cloud.storage.endpoint=http://127.0.0.1:4443
+cloud.storage.endpoint=http://127.0.0.1:24443
 cloud.storage.anonymous.auth=true
 cloud.storage.cache.policy=selective
 cloud.max.write.requests.per.second=1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
index 9244979..6f952b0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
                             <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/fake-gcs-server</workingDirectory>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-port</argument>
-                                <argument>4443</argument>
+                                <argument>24443</argument>
                                 <argument>-scheme</argument>
                                 <argument>http</argument>
                                 <argument>-host</argument>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
                                     <goal>npm</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <arguments>install azurite</arguments>
+                                    <arguments>install azurite@3.31.0</arguments>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java
index 08864ac..d89c872 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/gcs/LSMGCSTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 public class LSMGCSTest extends AbstractLSMTest {
     private static Storage client;
-    private static final int MOCK_SERVER_PORT = 4443;
+    private static final int MOCK_SERVER_PORT = 24443;
     private static final String MOCK_SERVER_HOSTNAME = "http://127.0.0.1:" + MOCK_SERVER_PORT;
     private static final String MOCK_SERVER_REGION = "us-west2"; // does not matter the value
     private static final String MOCK_SERVER_PROJECT_ID = "asterixdb-gcs-test-project-id";